Create a Currency

POST Create a Currency

https://api.moltin.com/v2/currencies

Request

Response

Headers:

Name	Required	Type	Description
Authorization	Required	string	The Bearer token to grant access to the API

Body:

Name	Required	Type	Description
enabled	Required	boolean	Is this currency available for products? true or false
default	Required	boolean	Is this the default currency? true or false
decimal_places	Required	string	How many decimal places the currency is formatted to
thousand_separator	Required	string	The thousand separator character. Example: ,
decimal_point	Required	string	The decimal point character. Example: .
format	Required	string	Specify how the price currency is displayed. Example: "¥{price}"
exchange_rate	Required	integer	The exchange rate from the default currency
code	Required	string	The currency code. Example: YEN
type	Required	string	The type represents the object being returned

201 Created

{
  "data": {
    "id": "190c3e9e-8006-4231-8c29-833fb4f6bff0",
    "type": "currency",
    "code": "YEN",
    "exchange_rate": 1,
    "format": "¥{price}",
    "decimal_point": ",",
    "thousand_separator": ".",
    "decimal_places": 2,
    "default": false,
    "enabled": true,
    "links": {
      "self":
        "https://api.moltin.com/currencies/190c3e9e-8006-4231-8c29-833fb4f6bff0"
    },
    "meta": {
      "timestamps": {
        "created_at": "2018-05-02T09:01:56.303640168Z",
        "updated_at": "2018-05-02T09:01:56.303641068Z"
      }
    }
  }
}

400: Bad Request

You’ll get an error if you try to create a currency with an existing code

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 400,
      "title": "Currency already exists",
      "detail": "The specified currency code already exists for this store"
    }
  ]
}

cURL

JavaScript SDK

curl -X POST https://api.moltin.com/v2/currencies \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer XXXX" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d $'{
       "data": {
         "type": "currency",
         "code": "YEN",
         "exchange_rate": 1,
         "format": "¥{price}",
         "decimal_point": ".",
         "thousand_separator": ",",
         "decimal_places": 2,
         "default": false,
         "enabled": true
       }
     }'

const MoltinGateway = require('@moltin/sdk').gateway
const Moltin = MoltinGateway({
  client_id: 'X',
  client_secret: 'X'
})
const currency = {
  code: 'YEN',
  exchange_rate: 1,
  format: '¥{price}',
  decimal_point: '.',
  thousand_separator: ',',
  decimal_places: 2,
  default: false,
  enabled: true
}
Moltin.Currencies.Create(id, currency).then(currency => {
  // Do something
})